On my rooted LineageOS ROM it works just fine, just gives a warning when starting it for the first time that I am using a "rooted device" and how my "security might be compromised" but it lets you continue and doesn't show it ever again.
this post was submitted on 30 Jun 2025
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Could it be an issue that I am from Poland and not us? My friend had the same issue, but on all forums the problem is non existent
I am from EU so you are probably fine.
I've no issues with it on my rooted phone, even during the times when safetynet fails.
Same I used a rooted phone for years (recently got a new phone) and never had any issues
There are no alternative clients for WhatsApp as far as I know.
The only thing worth looking into are Matrix Bridges (or something with a similar name) but it's a paid solution.
Beeper is basically that but without the hassle of configuring the bridges by yourself
You can also host it yourself.
I'll look to it. It may be a valid option. Thank you very much
There's this Ansible playbook to auto-deploy it, It's pretty simple to get it up and it works very well: https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy
@kami @suboczsubocz matrix is a decentralized chat network so a matrix bridge is basically a WhatsApp bot forwarding all messages to a matrix bot so then you can use any of the matrix client apps. It's open source, self-hostable, but sure, you can pay your maintainer.
Does it refuse to run if it detects root? Im not rooted but grapheneOS lets me run whatsapp no problem.
I too used grapheneos for a long time, but WhatsApp just give me a message about WhatsApp being unofficial, and I downloaded it form Google Play, Aurora and official web site on different installations. I tried to start it from backup, but the problem persisted.